Welcome to Rubenesque Yoga™
User friendly Yoga Classes & Retreats!
Rubenesque Yoga™ classes were pictured on the
front page of the Newspaper! It was the Sunday August 28th 2011 edition and an article about our classes in the insert called "Vitality."
Here's the online link to the article in the Herald™ Newspaper about our gentle Yoga classes:
Our Women's Spring Yoga Retreat 2012 is June 1st - 3rd at the Wild Iris Inn in La Conner, WA. For more details select from
menu to the right of this page and select "Women's Spring Retreat."
Come join us for a whole weekend of Yoga & Relaxation at the beautiful Wild Iris Inn in La Conner! Sign up with a friend today, you deserve it!
Join Shelly at the Northwest Yoga Conference 2012 February 19th from 1pm - 3pm for a Workshop on Modifying Postures to Fit Your Body! You can begin enrolling as soon as 10/01/11 to reserve your spot. Hope to see you there! Link website to sign-up: http://www.nwyogaconference.com
About Rubenesque Yoga™
Our Yoga sessions are gentle and relaxing in nature. We will show you how to modify the postures to fit your body so you don't to bend like a pretzel to attend our classes or retreats! Our sessions are designed to fit with your body! Rubenesque Yoga™ is perfect for people who are new to yoga or prefer relaxation style yoga.
People who attend Rubenesque Yoga™ classes & retreats often comment on how comfortable they feel compared to their past experiences with other yoga classes where a curvy figure was not the norm.
Every Rubenesque Yoga™ class includes a deep relaxation session which is longer than usually found in most styles of yoga. These sessions will teach you how to really relax your body and release tension. Many people who have experienced these sessions have commented they have never felt so relaxed in their life. Come join us and find out just how enjoyable our classes & retreats are!
Shelly Talcott, CYT, RYT is the owner and creator of Rubenesque Yoga™. Shelly began practicing Yoga in 1995 and decided to share her love of Yoga and became a certified Yoga Instructor in 1999. Shelly has experience teaching students of all ages, shapes and sizes. Besides teaching Yoga for Plus Sizes Shelly has experience teaching Senior Yoga, and Yoga for Children. The style of Hatha Yoga taught by Shelly is very gentle and relaxing.
Often asked question: Why Rubenesque Yoga?
"Students often ask why I picked the name "Rubenesque Yoga™" for my yoga classes. First, I was determined to teach plus size yoga classes since I myself am a plus sized person (up & down in the plus size range) and had experienced what it feels like to attend yoga classes where I was the only one who had a rubenesque figure! I also wanted to share my love of Yoga and show people who are plus sized that they can do Yoga and really enjoy it."
"I always felt that there had been a shift in the way woman are viewed now days compared to earlier in our history. This is evident in the old paintings in the museums of beautiful rubenesque women with curves and rounded bellies! The name Rubenesque Yoga™ actually came to me back in 1999 when I was thinking about this very thing! I find it interesting that the average sized woman in the U.S. is between a size 12 & 14 and yet all the adds we see every day seem to depict a different average. I believe all women are beautiful regardless of their size and can benefit from yoga. In the style of yoga I teach we take the time to hold the postures, breathe, and feel the postures which connects us with our body, mind, and Spirit giving us a knowing of how beautiful we truly are."
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